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MACD – (Moving Average Convergence Divergence)

MACD can be pronounced as either “Mac-Dee” or “M-A-C-D.” The MACD indicator is used to basically reveal changes in the strength, direction, momentum and duration of a trend in the stock market.  The MACD is based on moving averages and is a “lagging indicator.”   The...

INTEREST RATES ARE RISING

If you are thinking of buying a home or refinancing, now may be the time to start doing it, as long-term interest rates are expected to start rising in the next year.  Our economy has been in a slump the past eleven years with higher unemployment, higher inflation, as...

Paper Trading

As I have said many times in the past, after the .com bubble in 1999-2000 I paper traded a few years as I mastered candlesticks while working a full time job. I think all new traders should start by paper trading as Wall Street does not give refunds. If you are going...

STOP LOSS ORDERS VERSUS STOP LIMIT ORDERS

STOP LOSS ORDER (also called a SELL STOP ORDER): A Buy Stop order is entered at a stop price above the current market price. Investors generally use a buy stop order in an attempt to limit a loss or to protect a profit on a stock that they have sold short. A Sell Stop...